Through a unique program, young Polish professionals and intellectuals have the opportunity to meet with American Jewish leaders.

The Polish-Jewish Exchange Program has been organized for the last 10 years through cooperation between the Forum for Dialogue Among Nations and the American Jewish Committee, one of the most important Jewish organizations in the world.

Each year, the Forum and the AJC invite a group of outstanding young professionals from Poland and the United States to participate in this unique project. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Polish journalists, academics, artists, businessmen and NGO leaders to see Jewish life in Washington, Chicago, and New York.

They can talk with American politicians about Polish-American relations. They analyze the image of Poland in the USA, the way history and especially the Holocaust are taught in American schools. They discuss the shape of Polish-American and Polish- Jewish relations in the future.

In the second half of this interchange program, a group of AJC leaders visits Poland and meets with politicians, members of the Jewish community and participates in important cultural events.

The Polish-Jewish Exchange Program is organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Poland.

“Our exchange program has introduced a new generation of Poles and a new generation of American Jews to each other — to their lives, to their communities, to their hopes and aspirations. We are fostering understanding and appreciation and in the process new allies in the battles against bigotry and anti-Semitism.”

Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director of International Jewish Affairs, American Jewish Committee

“The visit is a great lesson of how to talk seriously about often sensitive issues and an occasion to meet people of great influence in America and favorably inclined towards Poland.”

Krzysztof Burnetko, journalist for the “Polityka” magazine, 2007 program participant